LumaPix :: FotoFusion
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FotoFusion::EXTREME includes the ability to segment a composition into smaller sections, allowing you to reassemble your composition in several ways.
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A "printer page segment" is a resizable translucent frame that floats over your canvas, specifying how your larger canvas will be cut into separate printable areas. This feature allows you to print layouts that are larger than your printer is able to output directly, as pieces which fit precisely together when assembled on a suitable background medium. |
A "segment" is also a resizable translucent frame that floats over your canvas. It defines a smaller area of the canvas that can be transposed onto another area of your project. It specifies a segment number. |
PRINTER PAGE SEGMENTS: Printing a large canvas on printer-friendly paper
Suppose that we want to print a 16x12" collage but have a printer that can print only print 8.5x11" paper.
To begin, click on TOOLS on the menu, then select CANVAS >>Show Printer Segments.
If no segments have been created, FotoFusion will offer to create segments to cover the page.
This will create a set of printer page segments to cover the image with a grid of pages:
In this example, there are 6 page segments, all of which can be adjusted like a normal frame to assure that the printer segments will fall in the best possible place for reassembling the larger puzzle. The red oval in the image above suggest a segment that should be move slightly to the right, along the border edge of the large image of the bride.
The layout can now be printed; the portion of the collage covered by each printer page segment will be printed separately, and the individual pieces will line up correctly. Below is page one of the entire composition
Note that the crop lines and full bleed for each segment of the image will be printed correctly if selected.
Other suggested use: poster mosaics.
SEGMENTS: Partitioning your project for output
Multi-page templates that can be reassembled into a printable or exportable product.
The example to the right is one of the Z-cards available as a dotScrap template from the LumaPix library. |
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The designer in this case has created a template containing empty frames, so that it can be reused with new images repeatedly. The page to the right shows the design page -- this will not be printed or exported -- so it can contain instruction or variations of a single template. In this case, both sides of the card are being designed at the same time, though they will do not need to be printed or exported at the same time.
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To create printer page segments, draw a frame (drag with your mouse on the canvas) while holding the S key, to cover one of the regions to be transferred to a new page. Adjust the printer page segment to cover the region precisely. |
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Once the areas have been defined, you can copy the segments to another printer or export-friendly page in the following manner. If required, add a new page to the project, at the dimensions required. A drop-down list of available segments will appear. One segment can be added multiple times on a page, to create a sheet of duplicate items to print. Individual segments on a page can be rearrange, to create a more efficient use of paper (ie. rotate segment to fit them better on a page). If you edit the original layout, the changes will be reflected on this printable/exportable page. |
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Other suggested uses: business card (multi-up on one page); bifold greeting card (to avoid designing "upside-down"; creating a printer-efficient pattern for a larger composition of smaller elements.
